Country Implementation Manager – Early
Infant Diagnosis Program (Local Candidates Only)
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Through funding from UNITAID, EGPAF Kenya is looking to recruit a Country Through a grant from UNITAID, EGPAF will introduce and scale-up innovative
Implementation Manager for the Point of Care early infant diagnosis (EID)
program.
point-of-care (POC) early infant diagnosis (EID) in nine African
countries.
This four-year project will provide
650 POC EID platforms, which will enable the testing of up to 270,000
HIV-exposed infants.
The project will result in increased
pediatric HIV diagnosis and earlier initiation of infants on ART, increased
pediatric ARV coverage, and improved survival of HIV-positive infants.
The Country Implementation Manager is
responsible for providing the day-to-day oversight and coordination to
effectively implement the UNITAID project in Kenya.
He/she will be a key member of the
country and institutional project team, and will work in close coordination
with EGPAF staff in Kenya and at the global level.
The Country Implementation Manager will report to the Director of Technical
Services, Kenya.
This position will work closely with representatives of the Ministry of Health
in Kenya, National and International implementing partners, and representatives
from other donors and normative agencies to support the optimization of early
infant diagnosis in Kenya through the strategic placement and utilization of
POC EID platforms.
The successful candidate will have
demonstrated experience supporting the implementation of complex HIV programs,
working collaboratively with donors and other partners, and demonstrated
experience in pediatric HIV. Strong HIV Technical and Program management skills
will be required.
He/she will supervise a Country
Implementation Officer and will work very closely with the regional and global
units to provide leadership, facilitation, coordination and support in managing
and implementing the UNITAID project.
Strong communication skills, the
ability to work well with a country and global team, and the ability to manage
multiple competing priorities will be key qualifications for this role.
This individual will also be
responsible for assuring high quality technical and operations support to
national partners.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Serve as the key institutional resource and
focal point for the UNITAID project in Kenya - Provide technical support to the Ministry of
Health to assess and map the existing EID network in country; - Identify appropriate facilities for the
introduction of POC EID, as part of the effort to optimize the pediatric
cascade; - Develop and share deployment models and
strategies on how to maximize the impact of new POC diagnostics - Provide oversight and support to the UNITAID
project staff in Kenya to ensure on-time and effective program
implementation - Assist the Ministry of Health in the
development of POC testing policies and National implementation plans, and
the creation of operational systems to support the wide-scale
implementation of new POC diagnostic products, such as training, quality
assurance, and data management - Provide regular updates to the Country
Director, Technical Director and Global UNITAID team; - Develop and ensure timely submission of
technical reports to the donor; - Support human resource planning, annual work
plan and budget planning and monitoring, use of data for decision making
and ensuring achievement of program results; - Ensure ongoing programmatic excellence by
providing, facilitating or coordinating high quality technical,
programmatic, and management support to national partners - Support development of appropriate country
specific systems to ensure consistent, high-quality project management; - Work with EGPAF country team, government, and
partners to identify funding for increased investment in new POC
diagnostic products, mainstream supply of reagents and equipment for POCs
Required Qualifications
The Country Implementation Manager will be committed to EGPAF’s strategy and
mission.
He/she should have demonstrated
leadership and relationship management experience.
- Laboratory scientist with a Bachelor’s Degree
in Health Laboratory Technology - Advanced degree in public health or business
Administration, with at least 5 years of management experience in similar
position - Understanding of the MoH systems including the
National Health Reference Laboratory - Registered with the appropriate regulatory
body - Unwavering commitment to quality programs and
excellence in organizational and project management with the ability to
achieve strategic objectives
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Strong ability to think strategically and at a
high-level, with equally strong practical ability to translate strategic
ideas into implementation - Demonstrated technical and programmatic
knowledge of the HIV response globally and in Kenya - Ability to work effectively in collaboration
with diverse groups of people - Integrity, positive attitude, mission-driven,
and self-directed with demonstrated passion for EGPAF’s mission and
commitment to working collaboratively with a management team - Solid judgment and apparent leadership skills
- Ability to communicate with a range of
colleagues across diverse countries and cultures - An individual who is able to handle a variety
of constituencies, manage multiple tasks simultaneously and thrive in a
complex environment with multiple priorities - Tactful, respectful, and keen diplomacy skills
How to Apply
All applications should be sent to: Programs-kenyarecruitment@pedaids.org
HTC Community Mobilizations Officers –
ELMA Project (Local Candidates Only)
Location: Migori, Nyamira, Busia and Kakamega
# of openings: 4
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF), is a global leader in
the fight against pediatric HIV and AIDS, working in 15 Countries at over 8,000
sites around the world to implement prevention, care, and treatment services;
to further advance innovative research; and to execute global advocacy
activities that bring dramatic change to the lives of millions of women,
children, and families worldwide.
In Kenya, EGPAF works in partnership
with the Ministry of Health and various County Governments to support; HIV
Prevention, Care and Treatment and Kenya government’s efforts to end pediatric
AIDS.
Through Funding from ELMA Foundation, The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS
Foundation (EGPAF) is seeking to recruit four (4) HTC/ Community Mobilization
officers to support demand for and promote utilization of HIV counseling and
testing services in a project to improve HIV diagnosis in children older than
18 months and link HIV-infected children to HIV treatment services in Migori,
Nyamira, Kakamega and Busia Counties.
The project will work collaboratively
with other existing partnerships in the target counties to
1) implement intensified case finding
for children older than 18 months in child-centered services,
2) Support the roll-out of universal
HIV testing for children older than 18 months in selected communities,
3) Scale up family-centered model to
test and treat children with HIV-infected parents and siblings and
4) Strengthen capacity of county
health authorities and health facilities for sustainable provision of high
quality HIV testing and treatment services for children.
Reporting to the HTC Project Officer the HTC/community mobilization
Officer will be responsible for mobilizing the community within his/her county
through existing networks and disseminate appropriate information on HIV
counseling and testing services for children and adolescents.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Perform demand creation activities for
universal counseling and testing for children - Oversee planning and implementation roll-out
of demand creation and referral linkages activities of community health
workers for HIV counseling and testing services for children. - Work with respective CASCOs to plan and
organize targeted HTC outreach activities for children and adolescence - Work with respective CASCOs to ensure maintenance
of RTK buffer stocks - Prepare periodic and timely reports on the
mobilization activities and HTC outreach services for children and
adolescence
- Degree / Diploma in Community Health, Social
Work, Community Development or related qualification. - Trained and Certified HTC services supervision
- Have at least2years’ experience in demand
creation activities for HTC - Demonstrate awareness of guidelines and
standard operating protocols and community norms and standards
The positions are attainable in
Migori, Nyamira, Busia and Kakamega Counties
How to Apply
All applications should be sent to: Programs-kenyarecruitment@pedaids.org by
25th September 2015
HTC Project Officer – ELMA Project (Local Candidates Only)
Location: Kisumu, Kenya
# of openings: 1
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF), is a global leader in
the fight against pediatric HIV and AIDS, working in 15 Countries at over 8,000
sites around the world to implement prevention, care, and treatment services;
to further advance innovative research; and to execute global advocacy
activities that bring dramatic change to the lives of millions of women,
children, and families worldwide.
In Kenya, EGPAF works in partnership
with the Ministry of Health and various County Governments to support; HIV
Prevention, Care and Treatment and Kenya government’s efforts to end pediatric
AIDS.
Through Funding from ELMA Foundation, EGPAF in Kenya is seeking to recruit HTC
Project Officer. Reporting to the Program Manager, the HTC Project Officer will
be in charge of the coordination of service delivery components of quality HIV
Testing and Counseling (HTC) using innovative strategies to ensure delivery of
quality, integrated high impact HTC services to children and adolescence in the
target counties and facilities.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure that HTC services for children and
adolescentsare prioritized at county, sub-county and facilities by
engaging the MOH focal persons at such levels in planning, implementation
and review of HIV intensified case finding. - Offer technical support to HTC supported
facilities to ensure that services are offered as per the HTC guidelines
and reporting rates are continuously increased and sustained - To liaise with CASCOs to ensure planning and
coordination forcommunity HTC outreaches in all the supported counties
targeting index contact of CCC clients, and other vulnerablechildren and
adolescents as per national guidelines - Plan with respective CHMTs to organize
periodic HTC review and update meetings at county level. - Coordinate all HIV Counseling and Testing
(HTC) activities using a broad range of strategies (HBTC, MVCT outreaches,
and PITC in health facility settings.) - Ensure institutionalization of QA/QI in all
HTC services for children and adolescents. - Work in close collaboration with the CHRIOs to
ensure timely submission of quality HTC data for use in planning,
monitoring and evaluation of HTC services forchildren and adolescence . - Generate and submit monthly/quarterly HTC
reports to the HTC, - In partnership with the program manager,
identify and document best practices for implementation of intensified HIV
case finding in children and adolescence - He/She will actively represent EGPAF in county
forums while strengthening linkages with CHMTs - Capacity building and supervision of four
HTC/community mobilization officers.
- Degree or Diploma in health sciences –
Clinical officers, Nurses, lab techs etc. - At least 2 years’ experience in HIV counseling
and testing - Experience with Government of Kenya
guidelines, standards, tools and best practices
All applications should be sent to: Programs-kenyarecruitment@pedaids.org
by 25th September 2015
M&E Officer (Local Candidates Only)
Location: Homa
Bay and Kisumu
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS
Foundation is a global leader in the fight against pediatric HIV and AIDS,
working in 15 countries and at over 5,500 sites around the world to prevent the
transmission of HIV to children, and to help those already infected.
Today, because of the highly
successful work of the Foundation and its partners, pediatric AIDS has been
virtually eliminated in the United States.
With a growing global staff of over
1,000—nine of 10 who work in the field—the Foundation’s global mission is to
eliminate pediatric HIV and AIDS by implementing HIV prevention, care, and
treatment programs; further advance innovative research; and to execute
strategic and targeted global advocacy activities to bring dramatic change to
the lives of millions of women, children, and families worldwide.
EGPAF Kenya is looking to recruit
Monitoring
and Evaluation Officers to be based in Homa Bay and Kisumu
Job Summary:
Under the guidance of the Strategic Information
Advisor, the M&E Officer will work to ensure furtherance of the EGPAF
Project’s agenda of improving quality of integrated HIV services through
continuous quality improvement, data quality assessments, technical assistance
and capacity building to EGPAF Project’s technical staff and health care
workers at the County, sub-county and facility level in support of strategic
information activities.
S/he will provide oversight to
M&E and data management components within the EGPAF Projects and at the
facility level.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist the SIA to ensure regular, complete,
accurate, timely and quality monitoring reports from health facilities on
all required indicators - Work closely with the EGPAF Project’s
SIA or his/her designate and project technical team to manage all data
entry related activities - Work with the Facility staff and County and
Sub County Health Records and Information Officers to ensure timely data
collection, collation and reporting into the DHIS - Provide timely feedback to the County,
Sub-county and facilities for decision making - Oversee joint DQA with the County and
Sub-County HRIOs at supported facilities - Conduct targeted mentorship and supportive
supervision on documentation and reporting at supported facilities - Support EMR implementation within EGPAF facilities
in collaboration with ITECH - Support monthly sub-county data review
meetings for supported facilities - Represent the EGPAF at County Stakeholder and
Technical Working Group meetings - Upload data into various databases including
DATIM, DHIS, KePMS, EKMS and GLASER as needed.
- Bachelors/Diploma in Biostatics, Health
Information Management Systems or Health Records and Information from a
recognized University - Minimum of 3 years’ experience on monitoring
and evaluation and data management for a HIV program - Familiar with NASCOP tools and PEPFAR
reporting systems - Proficiency in computer packages for
generating and analysing reports .
All applications should be sent by
COB Wednesday 23rd September 2015, to:
SI-kenyarecruitment@pedaids.org
Procurement & Logistics Assistant (Local Candidates Only)
Location: Homa
Bay, Kenya
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS
Foundation (EGPAF), is a global leader in the fight against pediatric HIV and
AIDS, working in 15 Countries at over 8,000 sites around the world to implement
prevention, care, and treatment services; to further advance innovative
research; and to execute global advocacy activities that bring dramatic change
to the lives of millions of women, children, and families worldwide.
In Kenya, EGPAF works in partnership
with the Ministry of Health and various County Governments to support; HIV
Prevention, Care and Treatment and Kenya government’s efforts to end pediatric
AIDS. The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) is seeking to
recruit a procurement and logistics assistant.
Job Purpose:
To support the Procurement Officer in the
acquisition, supply, delivery, storage and disposal of goods & services,
and logistics operations at optimum cost effective levels by ensuring that all
processes are thoroughly documented, compliant, expeditious and effective
manner with unyielding integrity
Key Responsibilities
Procurement Documentation
- Participate in the day to day procurement and
logistics activities including solicitation of quotations, analysis of
quotations/bid analysis and filing of procurement paperwork by ensuring
compliance with EGPAF and Donor requirements, and this includes securing
required approvals. - Write Local Purchase Orders (LPOs) based on
approved documentations under the guidance of the Procurement Officer/ his
delegate , follow up for review and approval and dispatch to vendors as
appropriate - Processing of tax exemptions for donor funds
where applicable - Prepare weekly and monthly procurement status
reports in the prescribed template
- Develop, maintain and continually update the
Pre-approved vendors register, and also create a good rapport with the
existing vendors while seeking business relationship with more vendors
with a view to achieving an optimal supplier base. - Liaise with finance team in ensuring that
invoices for vendors are paid in time and that the invoice listing is
timely updated and vendors are accurately informed of progress in
preparation of payments. - Together with Administration, verify the goods
delivered against the LPOs and maintain a record of all supplies procured
and issued to the field offices
- Assist in the Preparation of a weekly travel
schedule for the drivers in consultation with the field officers, head
driver and the office administration officer. - In liaison with the head Driver, ensuring that
Licenses for project vehicles are up to date, ensure that vehicles are
well maintained/ serviced as the need arises and reporting on the relevant
costs. - Periodic review of vehicle satellite tracker
reports to ensure compliance with applicable speed limits, as well as
adherence with the Foundation’s vehicle use policy
Property and Equipment Management
- Participate in periodic inventory verification
and counting under the guidance of the procurement and logistics
officer. - Assist to oversee minor repairs of the office
in conjunction with Landlord and Office administration, contract repairmen
to fix office equipment and building. - Assist in tagging of office assets and in
updating of the inventory register. - Ensure that all assets in the register are
fully insured, and maintain the insurance policy files, as well as manage
any subsequent claims procedures
How to Apply
All applications should be sent to:
Operations-kenyarecruitment@pedaids.org by 25th September 2015
Project Manager – ZUIA Project (Local Candidates Only)
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Job Code: 937
# of openings: 1
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS
Foundation (EGPAF), is a global leader in the fight against pediatric HIV and
AIDS, working in 15 Countries at over 8,000 sites around the world to implement
prevention, care, and treatment services; to further advance innovative
research; and to execute global advocacy activities that bring dramatic change
to the lives of millions of women, children, and families worldwide.
In Kenya, EGPAF works in partnership
with the Ministry of Health and various County Governments to support; HIV
Prevention, Care and Treatment and Kenya government’s efforts to end pediatric
AIDS.
EGPAF- Kenya received funding from CDC in 2014 to support implementation high
quality HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment to the Kenya Disciplined Services
including the Kenya Police, Administration Police, Kenya Wildlife services,
National Youth Services and Kenya Forestry Service. This is a five year
project.
Role Summary:
Reporting to the Director of Technical Services for
EGPAF, the Project Manager will be in charge of implementing and ensuring
successful scale-up and sustainable provision of high quality comprehensive
HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care and Treatment services to disciplined services
personnel and their families.
The Project Manager will lead
capacity strengthening and technical assistance activities to support provision
of high quality and evidence-based HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment Services
to Staff and Family Members of the Kenya Disciplined Services Community (Kenya
Police, Administration Police, Kenya Wildlife Services, National Youth Service
and Kenya Forestry Service) and Program Transition to the Government of Kenya
Disciplined Services.
Working closely with other ZUIA team members and the respective disciplined
services AIDS Coordination Units (ACUs) the Project Manager ensures effective
implementation of the overall project work-plan and ensures alignment of
capacity strengthening activities to project’s incremental transition
objectives.
The incumbent will work closely with
other technical and operations leads in EGPAF ensuring the technical assistance
to the disciplined service institutions reflect the Foundation’s quality and
operational effectiveness standards.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
Technical Assistance and Program Management
- Provide technical assistance and oversee the
implementation of all work carried out in partnership with the project
team - Provide technical guidance and support
provision of quality capacity building assistance to disciplined service
institutions in HIV prevention, care and treatment services. - Provide technical guidance and oversee the
implementation of organizational systems strengthening and capacity
building activities to enable program transition to disciplined service
institutions - Leads the development of annual project overall
work plan and continuation application - Responsible for the technical organization and
daily management of all project activities, in order to ensure effective
implementation of the project and effective use of project resources, and
suggesting results-based solutions to the PI - Ensure timely implementation of project
activities as per approved work plan
Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting
- Working closely with the SI &E team
supporting the project regular monitoring of the project implementation
for quality and timeliness and undertake necessary administrative
response. - Prepare event and activity reports, field
monitoring reports and draft annual project implementation reports - Undertake analysis of interventions results,
trends analysis for sharing with the program implementing partners and
stakeholders to enhance knowledge sharing through dissemination of these
reports - Prepare and lead in the presentation quarterly
donor reports - Prepare and submit internal monthly progress
reports on the project milestones and key performance indicators. - Review activity reports, monthly narrative
reports, and the performance framework report submitted by each
Disciplined Service institutions
Project Communications and Partner
Management
- Build programmatic relationships with and
serve as liaison to partner organizations - Liaise with other EGPAF staff
regarding project administration matters and additional technical
support - In collaboration with PI, maintain
regular communication with CDC and other implementing partners - Provide leadership in overseeing effective
disciplined service institution work plan development - Ensure proper activity tracking
and expenditures tracking in by the disciplined services accordance
with terms and conditions of sub-award agreement - Proper documentation and timely of monitoring
of risks arising out of partner activities to the PI - Ensure accountability for use of project funds
through timely submission of monthly program and financial reports.
Budget Management and Administration
Support
- Manage program budget and other program
resources including subcontracts, consultants, and resources with
Operations and Finance teams. - Develop work plans that align with budget and
lead routine budget monitoring for activities in collaboration
with Finance team - Regular reviews of program budget and design
interventions to address variances. - Ensure project implementation and activities
adhere to laid down policies and procedures, donor rules and regulations
(CDC) and standard EGPAF policies and operating guidelines.
- Medical Doctor with an Advanced Degree in
Public Health, Public Administration, Business Administration or social
sciences. - A minimum 5 years relevant experience
- Demonstrated effectiveness in Project
Management - Experience working with disciplined services
will be an added advantage
All applications should be sent to:
Programs-kenyarecruitment@pedaids.org
Application closing date:
25th
September 2015
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
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